Pavel Lagoun

Pavel Mikalaievich Lagoun (Belarusian: Павел Мікалаевіч Лагун; born 12 February 1979) is a Belarusian former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events.[1] He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and a three-time medalist at the FINA World Cup.

Pavel Lagoun
Personal information
Full namePavel Mikalaievich Lagoun
National team Belarus
Born (1979-02-12) 12 February 1979
Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
ClubRTsFVS Minsk

Lagoun made his first Belarusian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed tenth in the 4×100 m freestyle (3:20.85), and twelfth in the 4×200 m freestyle (7:24.83), as a member of the Belarusian swimming team.[2][3]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lagoun qualified as an individual swimmer for the men's 100 m butterfly. He cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 53.66 from the European Championships in Madrid, Spain.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including top medal favorite Milorad Čavić of Serbia and Montenegro. He raced to fifth place by 0.24 of a second behind France's Frédérick Bousquet in 53.87. Lagoun failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-sixth overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pavel Lagoun". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 334. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 341. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 5)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. "2004 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Madrid, Spain) – Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  6. "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 5". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  7. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.


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